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Raiche, Nancy; Showers, Beverly – Leadership, 2000
Over 2,500 secondary students in the Torrance (California) Unified School District who read below the 30th percentile on state tests have access to a second-chance program. Participants engage in extensive recreational reading and vocabulary development, address comprehension on multiple levels, and use writing to assist comprehension. (MLH)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Programs, Recreational Reading, Secondary Education
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1983
One of a series of implementation documents prepared in conjunction with the revised minimum standards adopted in 1983 by the Ohio State Board of Education, this publication is designed to help teachers and administrators organize secondary reading instruction that will meet the requirements of the revised standards. The document is organized into…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies, Program Development, Reading Instruction
McCullough, Barbara Jean – 1975
Three major aspects of content area reading programs in Florida's secondary schools were studied through the use of a questionnaire: curricula with provision for reading instruction in English, science, mathematics, and the social sciences; professional training of staff members; and administrative procedures. Of the 94 schools that responded, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Content Area Reading, Doctoral Dissertations, Professional Training
Peer reviewedWolf, Ronald E. – Reading Improvement, 1979
Describes a staff-development program designed to assist content area teachers in learning about their students' reading abilities, in analyzing the readability of instructional materials, and in developing teaching techniques that match student reading skills to content area materials. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Program Content
Download full textHumphrey, Jack W. – 1992
A study examined the status of reading in Indiana's public schools. Questionnaires were returned by 460 of the state's 615 public middle, junior, and senior high schools. Results indicated that: (1) new book acquisitions in Indiana's school library media center book collections were only about one-fourth of the recommended number needed to keep…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Library Collection Development, Library Role, Middle Schools
Olson, Patricia S. – 1985
This compilation presents material relating to the ReCaRe (Reading and Content-area Resource) program, a one-semester elective course for secondary school students of all ability levels designed to develop their reading comprehension, vocabulary, rate of reading, and study skills. The first part of the compilation is a 48-page booklet entitled…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Demonstration Programs, Individualized Instruction, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewedFrench, Michael P., Ed. – Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 1986
The articles in this issue reflect the theme effecting change in reading programs. Titles and authors of the articles include the following: (1) "Commentary: Becoming a Nation of Readers--the Undergraduate's View" (Michael P. French); (2) "Implementing a Reading Curriculum for the 80s and 90s" (Doris M. Cook); (3) "Strategic Teaching/Strategic…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading, Courseware
